Dalesman Cafe in Craven

I've been here before with friends and with walking groups and it's never disappointed. Friendly, popular (book ahead if you come with a group), excellent range of goodies or just hot drinks if that's what you're after, and an excellent display of traditional sweetie jars behind the counter, as well as quirky artefacts displayed everywhere. And the ultimate accolade perhaps - clearly popular with cyclists (always a discriminating bunch when it comes to cafes and tea rooms. Right on the Pennine Way too :)

Coffee was ok. The ice cream floats were nice, but the selection of cakes was poor - it was mostly tray bakes so a bit disappointing. Wouldn't return.

A truly vintage cafe & sweet emporium. So quirky, you can't help but smile as you take in all the vintage memorabilia that adorn the walls and shelves. Even the toilet is a throw back to 1920 ( I guess ) The treacle tart and ginger cake were lovely and washed down with proper tea , yum. There is parking around 75m around the back. Will certainly return.

Not very friendly or welcoming place, the food was terrible for the price! I asked for a cheesy toasty with ham and chips. £6.90 for the toasty and and 3.90 for the chips. Toasty was more like 2 pieces of toast with no much cheese and very little ham. Not really a toasty! The chips were greasy and over cooked! My partner asked for a the soup of the day which the explain as pea and mint…. Well there was no taste of mint at all! And the portion was tiny! The customer service was awful from the moment we walked through the door. No greeting just “THERE IS TABLES THERE OR GO THROUGH THERE” After we finished the food the lady which was very grumpy and clearly has zero care about customers came over and just took the plates and said “ JUST PAY AT THE COUNTER! Disnt ask how the food was or if we wanted anything else! Avoid at all cost! Very expensive and very little customer service l!

Brilliant little tearooms which doubles up as an old-fashioned sweet shop! Popped in for breakfast (breakfast cobs / cinnamon toast / toast and marmalade). Friendly staff, lovely atmosphere.

The £3.10 coffee came in the tiniest cup I’ve ever seen (one mouthful) and the staff were rude and unfriendly. I would avoid and go to one of the lovely pubs in the village.

We popped in as a group of (very tired) cyclists - fantastic food and service. Only annoyance is the shop bell on the door which is very loud and becomes annoying after a while....other than that fabulous thank you!

Our first visit to Gargrave after the beautiful canal walk from Skipton. Popped in here for some sustenance and welcomed with a smile and served quickly. Lovely sandwich and some fantastic chips, crispy and fresh. Fascinating decor, loads to look at and a well stocked sweet shop too.

Really quirky little cafe with all kinds of memorabilia. I was really looking forward to a nice cappuccino and home made cake. However our coffees came in the tiniest china tea cup. Barely two mouthfuls for £3.10!!! I had home made parkin and my husband had scone with clotted cream and jam. The parkin tasted very nice. The scone was very small, very average in taste, and the cream and jam came together in a pot no bigger than a jam jar lid. The cost was extortionate. £13.90 In Malham, a huge pot of tea and a beautiful warm scone (big enough to share,) with lots of clotted cream and jam, was served with a smile at a cost of £8.00 I know where we'll go for afternoon tea in future!

Great place, love the warm welcome and lovely food. It’s our perfect stopping off point between York and the Lakes. Filled with lots of memorabilia and quirky bits and pieces.

Very Expensive. Not good value for money. Teeny, tiny scone. A tcake sarnie for £6. Nice inside but a bit of a rip off. Liked the sweet shop bit.

Stumbled over this little gem 2yrs ago. Have returned everytime on my return journey from getting Christmas cheeses. The soups are amazing infront of a roaring fire!!

I had a migraine when I visited and the staff really looked after me. The coffee and toast were great and I was able to buy Nuttalls Mintoes which I haven’t had in years.

So disappointed the cafe looks very nice but the prices do not represent good value for money. Very small coffee in a teeny tiny tea cup only three quarters full £2.80. Dales lunch advertised as home cooked ham served with cheese and salad £9:50 very thin slice of what looked like supermarket ham you could not even see on the plate about 1oz of cheese chopped salad very mediocre. Tiny bowl of soup broccoli and blue cheese but could have been mushroom? served with pre cut and thinly buttered white roll. Pot of tea for one. Total bill £21.00 We appreciate the price of food has increased as has the general cost of living but this was very poor value for money. We will not be returning

Cannot believe my poor experience today. Have been before but never been so disappointed. Ordered a cappuccino. £3.10 is about average but it arrived in the smallest teacup size I have ever had anywhere. Measured just over 2 inches in diameter. Lot of froth on top, no chocolate, and so only about two thirds coffee which was much more like a milky coffee than the stronger cappuccino. My sister ordered her favourite chocolate melt but was sure it was in a smaller cup than before and has increased 40p in price. Felt staff were quite rude when she decided to argue with us. Not like the friendly staff that used to be there when we first started visiting there. We walk regularly around Gargrave but the poor service, quality and value means that we will no longer be visiting this cafe.

We stopped in here for a coffee after a canal walk. We were welcomed in, as was our dog and enjoyed an excellent coffee. It's a very quirky cafe, but the staff are cheerful and wecoming.

Rude rude rude. I think they should remember that manners cost nothing. And the large blonde haired lady should lose her rude arrogant attitude when asked a simple question. I definitely won’t be back

What a find! Lovely interesting cafe with things for sale plus a sweet shop. Visited for breakfast on the way to York. We both had All Day breakfast which was lovely and tasty. The menu was varied with a nice things on toast section. Staff friendly and helpful. There is also a free car park just around the corner. Well worth a visit.

We were really disappointed today in the amount and quality of food we were served. I ordered Welsh rarebit and got ONE piece of toast with cheese on top and a sliver of finely chopped, wilted leaves to serve as a salad. No tomato, no crisps, no coleslaw, no salad dressing at all. And for this I was charged £5.90! There was more empty plate than food. My friends had soup in a tiny bowl with ready buttered bun - again just a sliver of butter. This cafe is charging higher prices which I understand in the current climate but is also cutting the quantity and quality of food which is not OK.

The cafe itself is lovely with lots of character in a good location. It is dog friendly with a lovely log fire and friendly staff. I ordered a toastie but when it arrived I regretted my decision. It was dry thin toast with a small amount of filling with a a tiny bit of wilted salad at a price of £5.90. My friends were also disappointed with small portions at an inflated price for what was on offer. I have rated it as a 3 (average). I would like to rate the cafe itself as a 5 but the food as a 2. I regularly visit cafes and I can say that this has the potential to be one of the best but totally let down by the food. I question the experience of the person who is doing the cooking to let the food go out like mine was served.

Ready for a good cuppa after our walk with bella along the canal .the cuppa was excellent and came in a large pot for two of us the staff were friendly and helpful

A super tea shop with its own individual character. Extensive menu with many local dishes. Lovely atmosphere created, real log fire was a bonus. Definitely recommend

DELICIOUS SWEETS and pleasant staff. I always stop off there on trips out that way and gifts are wonderful . Dont usually have enough for the gifts but well worth a trip to cafe, sweets and gifts.

Polite staff. Expensive drinks. £3.40 for a coffee and £3 for a glass of milk (approximately 300 MLS). Captive audience.

Real people with real feelings, a real atmosphere and real food. Not sure why some are trying to discredit this fabulous Cafe but, there you go. If you want mass produced Aerated food then sure Sara Lee is you cup of tea and not this. If you need a change of pace and something very calming and a step back, then this is it. Locally sourced meat and produce. Gentle, local staff that know each other very well. We love ❤️ this place. There’s even an intriguing archway at the back, into a space, that could have been so easily used to cram more tables into to maximise profit but, not here, it’s a curiosity shop of new and Preloved items for sale. Little hidden gems that you won’t find much of, anywhere else, these days. See our picture. I wasn’t even into them but, really felt a time imbued peace and love within each and, just had to bring some of that back home to Hebden Bridge. The owner, at the helm, even gave us the plants you see, from her own terrace outside and we had only met once before. She’s just very creative and passionate about everything she does. So go in with love, harmony and acceptance. We both ate with coffees, yes, two shot ones are bigger so ask if unsure, I like one shots, all for £15.60. Blessings!

Very disappointed with the food:cost ratio. When the menu says currant teacake £2.50 I was not expecting only a half teacake cut into quarters to make is look bigger. Filter coffee £2.50 was in the tiniest china cup - very quaint but very expensive. Pot of tea for one £2.50 is expensive too when you don't have extra hot water to top it up and have another cup of tea. The ham, cheese sandwich for £5.80 was outrageous as the ham was thin and flaky and only a small layer of cheese and ham. The chutney was tasty though.

What a gem of a tea shop the Dalesman Cafe is. Right on the Pennine Way in the beautiful village of Gargrave, its an ideal stop for walkers, cyclists and anyone else who wants to indulge in tasty cakes with Yorkshire Tea. Any kids would be mesmerised by the tradition sweet shop, just like being in a Roald Dahl book. A must visit, along with so many other hospitality businesses in Gargrave.

I met some friends today and we opted for the Dalesman and we will not be returning! 2 cans of Diet Coke, £4.80!!!!!!! Absolute rip off. We felt like an inconvenience rather then customers.

Called in on a cycle ride and ordered a sausage tea cake. Small tea cake came with about 6 small pieces of chopped up sausage. Cost? £5.50. What a joke!

Perfect cafe! Just off the train and ready to walk…..after tea and a little something. Lovely tea in a proper pot, with the offer of more hot water, plus tea cake and toasted scone….set us up nicely

called in for coffee, what a lovely quaint place with lovely friendly staff, an Aladdin's cave of Knick knacks, a good menu of food, will definitely call in next time were in the area.

Called for a breakfast takeaway sandwich for myself and my teenage son..very disappointed two tiny rashers of bacon and a sausage chopped up! not at all worth the £8 charge for 2 ...wouldn't pay £2 for it!

The cafe is a lovely place and the staff are very friendly and helpful. We had lunch and I was really disappointed with the ham, cheese and chutney sandwich I ordered. It really wasn’t value for money and I also felt the can of pop...

I fell in love with this place! It's such a quirky place and full of creativity and imagination, what a breath of fresh air. I came out uplifted by the ambience and experience. Loved the retro sweets, decor and music. Food and tea, nice.

Hands down worst breakfast experience I’ve ever had. Food took ages from ordering to arriving.. For some bizarre reason the toast arrived about 10 mins before the actual breakfast therefore was stone cold and hard as rock by the time breakfast came. My ‘all day...

very expensive Visited Thursday 31st of march. I order full English breakfast but i was served with slice of bacon and one veg sausage inside tea cake, no other veg at all,ie tomato, beans or mushrooms. cost £6.40 + £2.40 for tea + .50 for...

Sat and enjoyed a mug of tea with bella my cockerpoo. Nice to welcomed in with a dog .enjoyed looking at the sweets and took some home

My Sister and I called in on route to Harrogate. We had buttered toast and coffee which was nice and hot. There is memorabilia tastefully arranged all over, things that brought back memories some good, Rowntrees chocolates , some bad, Izal toilet paper. A proper...

Called in on our way to Harrogate today. Had coffee and toast in this fabulous little cafe, full of all sorts of memorabilia. Coffee was lovely, service was friendly and it was really clean and welcoming. The sweet emporium was a bonus - not seen...

Had a dried up scone with a scraping of butter and jam, a very tiny latte . In my opinion not a home made scone but z supermarket cheapy. Very over priced almost £6.. won't go back

I had a very expensive, dried out, scone with a scraping of butter on, and nothing else. My cup of tea was okay. Cramped conditions too. Not very impressed!

Visited today, food overpriced £7.90 for cooked breakfast quality of food not great sausage awful, and very small portions, 1 slice of toast and beans £5.10 , cheese (miniscule and ham) tiny bit of salad £5.40 , 3 puddings which where nice, and tea £40.00...

We were given a very warm welcome when we popped in for a warming drink . Even though we were muddy, needing 2 tables and only wanted hot drinks, we were all impressed by the service here. Really lovely cappuccinos ( just the right depth...

Stopped unexpectedly after a stroll around the village. Great service, friendly and helpful staff, tasty food and perfect (hot) latte! The icing on the cake for us was the way the cafe and shop have been decorated, so much throughly has been given to everything...

Just a quick stop for a coffee in this cafe. I got take out coffees which were good, although a little on the small side. The cafe looked good and I will certainly stop there again and eat in next time. It was organised and...

A very friendly cafe, garden and sweet shop. Delicious Yorkshire Tea Loaf. Wonderful atmosphere. Discovered by chance and will return.

vintage cafe with a character that you will fall in love, we had freshly made breakfast in this cafe, their historic decorations made me feel I was having breakfast in the old days. the sweet stall corner, their vintage ice cream stall , telephone box...

Having had a disaster of a breakfast at the Keelham Kitchen on two occasions, we decided to look for a more reliable venue. The Dalesman offers a warm welcome and a smile from the young lady behind the counter of a traditional sweet shop. A...

Found this delightful cafe/sweet emporium by accident. Very friendly and also allows dogs. Olde worldly artefacts/collection that only bring back good memories of your childhood. Coffees/teas were served very well presented and promptly. We only had a snack but cinnamon toast and tea cake were...

Visited here with friends and it was very pleasant - seating inside over a couple of places with a one way system The only drawback it closes at 3.30 pm Plenty of choice

If you have children, DO NOT go here. The owner (older lady who works there, worked 30th June 3 15) is horrible towards children and their parents

A roadside cafe that is central to the village with pleasant staff. The decor is not to our taste but will appeal to many. Coffee served in small cups making this relatively expensive. Scones and cake also small portions.

It’s place is so cute!!! Me and my partner visited here for breakfast and returned for tea and cake. The staff were lovely. If you have allergies you can feel safe here. They were really wonderful, attentive and thorough. (I have quite a list of...

just popped in for tea and hot choc after walking up canal from Skipton, pleasant cafe, used to pop in regular when we lived on boat in this area for a couple of months, always liked the memorabilia decor here. Staff pleasant and friendly, printed...

Friendly staff, made to feel welcome even for take out ice creams and some sweets. Highly recommend. The ginger dark chocs are well worth a treat and with so many traditional sweets to choose from the kids will be spoilt for choice. Lovely outside decorations...

Just a lovely coffee shop. Well made drinks, cakes, snacks at a fair price and the decor is fascinating too.

Popped in for lunch, the cafe and old fashioned sweet shop were delightful. Lots of old memorabilia around the cafe. Delicious sandwiches and great coffee. Would highly recommend! Covid safe too.

We loved the interior of this fantastic little tea room. The food and drink was lovely too and it was a welcome pit stop on our walk along the canal. Good social distancing/COVID measures out in place.

We popped in for a quick bite to eat.What a lovely place.Dog friendly even the dog got a biscuit and a bowl of water.Welsh Rarebit was lovely as was the Soup Cream of plenty of Veg.Followed by a Acone clotted cream and Jam delicious.Tea and Coffee were lovely.

Nice interesting shop, wide selection of sweets, unusual gifts on sale plus cafe area, enjoyed Welsh rarebit and coffee. Friendly helpful staff.

Lovely little old fashioned tea room... Plenty of old fashioned things for us adults to reminisce about and for the younger ones be told what they were for all those years ago.. Home made rice pudding very yummy Highly recommended

Very friendly owner who welcomes dogs into the cafe. Usual cafe grub available, coffee and tea and cakes. Also a sweet shop on the premises.

Dropped in late in day whilst competing in Spine Race. Very warm welcome. Owners happy to let me change a pair of socks by fire whilst preparing a lovely pot of tea & hot buttered tea-cakes. Highly recommended and I would definitely return for a longer stay & meal when back in the area.

We had eaten a sandwich in the car and just wanted tea and a biscuit. This was no problem, the lady in charge made us very welcome and recommended that we sit by the fire. There was such a nice range of attractively packaged sweets that we made a couple of purchases for presents. Will be back.

We stopped off for lunch whilst in a Sunday bike ride ( cyclists and walkers welcome) was a lovely day, but cold! Sat in front of real wood fire and enjoyed. Lovely homemade soup, with amazing chilli and cheese bread!! The staff were excellent and the Atmosphere was relaxed and friendly. Will visit again!

We called in here on Sunday for a drink and cake. We have driven passed this place loads of times on our way to the Lakes but have never called in until now. When you walk through the door you are transported back to 1940's Britain. There was Glen Miller playing over the sound system and there is a fantastic collection of old tins. The ambience is very nice and relaxing, you feel as though you have stepped back in time. The coffee is very good and I had a Mincemeat Strousal. If you like quirky place you will love this place. Very warm and friendly.

Got a fish cake butty for work to start a nght shift. There was non available to had to wait 5 mins. I waited as I was hungry. It tasted had some raw bits of potatoes in it. And tasted very 'amateurish', like a YTS Scheme FISH CAKE LOL. Maybe he was training! So I should really have got it at half-price!. Got a chip butties before which was run of the mill. The place looks really nice from outside (im from Bradford, just working for a few months), but the food seems mediocre and very young untrained staff. Maybe the owner is away on a cruise. who knows. Its like a cheap or I see it as a cheap McDonald's, not really the best chippy around. Rather goto the co-op which is up the road!

We were happy to revisit the cafe having been pleased when we visited during the summer. Prompt service from friendly staff in pleasant surroundings' Great range of snacks and confectionery.

A pretty little cafe with vintage decorations that really enhanced the visit as we spent the time looking round the space taking in the details. Nice choice of snacks e.g. the toasted scone which was a bit different and hit the spot. Free parking opposite if you can get in. Good for walkers and cyclists. Excellent posters on how cyclists should pass horses - never seen that before, but so true!

My two friends had driven from Skegness to meet me here for lunch and a drink. We ordered a drink and the cafe was quiet there were only us and a couple sat on another table. We thought we would have a drink then order a meal after it. Anyway we were sat for about an hour having a drink, didn't think this was a problem due to the quietness of the cafe, if it had been busy we would of been quicker, anyway the staff didn't give us chance to order a meal and said they needed the table, so we left without ordering a meal. Will not come here again ever!.

Just had Welsh rarebit. One slice of bread and small amount of cheese on top. This cost £5.50 for nothing special. Service was slow. They do not accept payment by card and it is not clearly indicated that this is the case.

On a busy A. road and. cycling and rambling route in an attractive village this tea room cum old fashioned sweet shop fits the purpose The range of snack and beverages on offer is good much appearing to be home made.

Lovely food and great waitress. Very considerate to disabled friend. (Some reviewers seem to expect too much from a cafe.)

On the menu a beaker of tea is priced at £1.10, a pot of tea is £1.90 per person.

Although it doesn't open till 1000, it does a good range of cooked breakfasts to set you up for the day

Popped in for a little treat of tea and cake. Waited for 5-10 minutes at my table before going to ask if anyone was serving. The response was slightly curt, but perhaps I also sounded that way having been kept waiting.

Cute cafe serving good homemade food & old fashioned sweet shop with lots of quirky trinkets on display. Opening hours not the same every day so do check before you make the trip. Friendly service.

A great cafe serving freshly prepared food in interesting surroundings, with a wide selection of sweets in jars to tempt you afterwards, popular with walkers and cyclists.

Popped in for a cuppa and was so surprised at this lovely little place. So nicely done out. There was so much to look at. Good little menu. Would come in for more than a cuppa next time.

Perfect for stocking up on treats while walking the Pennine Way! Friendly, quaint and beautifully presented.

This cafe is very different to your usual Costa and the like it is a blast from the past with service to match. If you grow up in the 50s and 60s you will be taken up wit the colection of items from that and earlier years. if you are not that old go for a look and have a history lesson. The food is also nice.

It’s friendly,cosy, crammed with interesting relics of yesteryear (I don’t mean the customers) and the food is excellent. Popular with hikers and walkers,since Gargrave is an attractive place in the Dales.

We’ve driven past this cafe for years and years but had never thought to call in until a recent walking day in the dales. On the plus side, it is dog friendly, there is plenty of car parking just around the corner and it is packed with all sorts of memorabilia in the form of old sweet tins, toys and books. However, we were hoping for a bigger selection of home made cakes. My florentine was good and there were biscuits and tray bakes, but no Victoria sponge or carrot cake etc. Maybe we need to try again....

I frequently visit this friendly cafe because of it’s quirky eclectic artefacts from years gone by.

Spent three nights/days in Gargrave and after taking breakfast here on day one we had no hesitation in returning twice more. The staff and regular customers are very friendly and the food is delicious. The decor is fascinating as is the adjoining Gertrude's Gardenalia. Old fashioned confectionary available too. Check it out - you will definitely not be disappointed.

Pleasant and busy cafe. The menu is basic as a cafe in Yorkshire might rightfully expect to be. Being an optimistic sort I asked if they did non-dairy milk and after a quick check in the kitchen, the waitress came back and said they had 'skimmed or semi-skimmed'. Right you are. Nostalgic 60s soundtrack, roaring fire and pleasant ambience. Beans on toast for me. They only take cash but pointed me to a cash machine at the co-op and offered to look after my rucksack whilst I went.

Nice staff friendly helpful. Dog always welcome . Love this cafe all the things vintage to look t inside all tins etc takes you back and is talking point.

Call in this very welcoming tea room quite often always nice and warm and service is fast and efficient

We called at the Dalesman cafe for a bite to eat on Saturday lunchtime. There was nobody in the cafe apart from 2 waitresses and presumably the owner cooking in the kitchen. Nobody greeted us on arrival and when finally after the staff stopped chatting to each other the waitress arrived to take our order.

My sister likes this cafe a lot but I don't enjoy going there. She goes on about the lovely fire but we've never sat near the lovely fire and the food is pretty basic. Gargrave is a pretty village and there don't seem to be many places to go and have a coffee, so I imagine that and the fact that the staff are really very friendly and pleasant explain why it's so crowded - something else I don't really enjoy. You'll like this place if you like old tins and memorabilia - there are more old tins than you can shake a stick at!

Lovely olde worlde cafe scrumptious menu. Reasonable priced. Gorgeous home made cakes. Friendly staff. CASH ONLY though. But cash machine close by.

very friendly people and they like dogs !! place full of nick nacks goog food at good prices if you have a dog worth calling in for coffee or a bit to eat good selection of sweets

ordered scones with jam and cream one with not strawberry any other, said that was fine then brought it with strawberry. Did not seam concerned at all when told about mistake did not offer to change it. will not go again.

For years I have passed by on the A65. Today it was perfectly placed for a bicycle stop. The ambience was great. We were sat on a very small table, but a couple of lovely people invited us to share their table. Then a table by the window came available. So we went there. I told the kitchen staff, and they were cool with that. We'd ordered cheesy beans on toast! That's when disappointment hit. Plastic white bread, about four desert spoons of beans! £4.75! The Eccles cake we had was dry and lacking in filling. The Florentine similarly dry, not chewy at all!

We popped in for something to eat after visiting Gargrave show and what a little gem this place is. It is a cafe and sweet shop but so much more. The whole place is full of memorabilia, with plenty to look at whilst you while away the time. It certainly evoked memories of childhood. The 'Lyons Maid' poster made fun reading, seeing the prices on it. There is also a lovely, quirky walled garden at the rear. The service was very friendly and the food great. I would certainly recommend this tea rooms and will definitely call in again when we are in the area.

A perfect place to fuel up before the Gargrave-Skipton canal walk. Plenty of choice (food and drink, including sweets galore!), and good value for money.

Called in for a latte and ended up with rice pudding as well! The pudding was lovely and creamy, drinks hot and nice. Place clean and unusual due to its layout, also contains a traditional sweet shop.

Called in for coffee and a bite to eat, good homemade cakes etc. Totally enveloped in vintage books, kitchen items, crockery, garden stuff, old tins you name it!!

What a cute little place with so many cafe related antiquities creating such a unique atmosphere. This cafe is just about half way on the Ikornshaw to Malham part of the Pennine Way making it an ideal stop for lunch, I didn't have to carry my usual packed lunch. They have specials on here every day and freshly pressed juice, anyway the lunch was superb so I returned the next day for more of the same.

After picking up a bad injury whilst running the Pennine Way, I needed some ice for my achilles tendon. The staff in the cafe sorted me out with this whilst I sat down and had a cracking lunch.